Tenuousness chords by Andrew Bird

Chords with lyrics

Artist: Andrew Bird
Album: Noble Beast

Normal Tuning
No Capo

Chords used: D/AD/A
       -0- -0- -3- -1- -0- -2-
       -1- -1- -3- -1- -0- -3-
       -0- -2- -0- -2- -0- -2-
       -2- -2- -0- -3- -2- -0-
       -3- -0- -2- -3- -2- -0-
       -3- --- -3- -1- -0- ---

Intro: A minorAm

C/GC/G
Tenuous at best was all he had to say when pressed about the
A minorAm
rest of it, the world that is
   C/GC/G
from proto-Sanskrit Minoans to porto-centric Lisboans
   A minorAm
Greek Cypriots and and Hobis-hots
                  C/GC/G
Who hang around in ports a lot, uh huh.
         A minorAm
(whitsling part)
C/GC/G
Here's where things start getting weird
                         A minorAm
While chinless men will scratch their beards, uh huh
C/GC/G
To their minds a sharpened axe while
                A minorAm
brushed up on the Uralic syntaxes
G+G
Love of hate acts as an axis
                FF
Love of hate acts as an axis, oh oh
               C/GC/G
First it wanes and then it waxes
         A minorAm
(whistling part)
               C/GC/G
So procreate and pay your taxes
         A minorAm
(whistling part)
C/GC/G
Ten you us ness less
A minorAm
seven comes to three
C/GC/G
Them you us plus
G+G
eleven thank the heavens for their elasticity
        C/GC/G
And that's for those who live and die for astronomy
        A minorAm
(whistling part)
A minorAm
(whistling part)
C/GC/G
When Coprophagia was writ know when to stand know when to sit
   A minorAm
Can't stand to stand can't stand to sit and who would want to know this
G+G
Click click click
E minorEm
Who wants to look upon this
E minorEm
Who wants to look upon this
     G+G
pray tell
E minorEm
Who wants to look upon this
E minorEm
Who wants to look upon this
     G+G
pray tell
     E minorEm
pray tell
G+G
Ten you us ness less
E minorEm
seven comes to three
G+G
Them you us plus
D/AD/A
eleven comes just shy of infinity
        C/GC/G
And that's for those who live and die
      G+G